/*
 * Copyright 2008 - 2010 Lars Heuer (heuer[at]semagia.com). All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package com.semagia.atomico.dm;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * {@link IEntity} which has optionally authors.
 * 
 * @author Lars Heuer (heuer[at]semagia.com) <a href="http://www.semagia.com/">Semagia</a>
 */
public interface IAuthorAwareEntity extends IEntity {

    /**
     * Returns the authors of this entity.
     *
     * @return The authors of this entity or an empty set.
     */
    public Set<IAuthor> getAuthors();

}
